[SICSS-SG] Prasanta Bhattacharya: Analysing Social Networks: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Speaker: Dr Prasanta Battacharya, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Social networks influence nearly every aspect of our social and professional lives, often invisibly. The quantitative analysis of social networks has become increasingly systematized over the years, and is now widely considered a mature and frontline discipline in the study of human behaviour. This talk will introduce participants to foundational concepts, methods and a few relevant studies concerning the analysis of dynamic social networks – focusing particularly on the challenge of inferring causal relationships in large networks using both experimental and non-experimental approaches. We will conclude with a brief discussion on some of the emerging challenges and untapped research opportunities in this space.